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Elijah Chappell v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-1049 · judgment March 12, 2026
Questions presented
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Whether statements that responding officers elicit from bystanders who are never identified, never produced, and never cross-examined, and that are captured on the officers’ body-worn cameras, are testimonial under the Confrontation Clause when the recordings are admitted at trial as substantive evidence of the defendant’s guilt.
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Whether a court may deny a hearing under Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), and credit the untested remainder of a five-paragraph search-warrant affidavit as a basis for probable cause, without ever determining whether the affiant’s challenged statements were false or recklessly made.
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Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), which permanently disarms every person convicted of a felony, is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
James W Amberg
Amberg & Amberg, PLLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Aug 27 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 19 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 09 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 14, 2026)
- Jun 05 2026Application (25A1358) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 9, 2026.
- Jun 01 2026Application (25A1358) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 10, 2026 to August 9, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.